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Manuscript Group 361
Records, 1964-1993
6 cubic feet
The records of the Idaho Partners of the Americas were donated to the University of Idaho Library by Doris Williams and Glen Lockery between June 1992 and January 1993. They were processed by Judith Nielsen in April and May, 1993.
Partners of the Americas (originally called Partners of the Alliance) was established in 1964 as an offshoot of the Alliance for Progress and came under the jurisdiction of the Agency for International Development. In 1967 it became an independent organization renamed the National Association of the Partners of the Alliance, Inc., later called the Partners of the Americas. A private, voluntary technical assistance organization, it originally involved three states of the United States linked in partnership with three nations of Latin America. By 1980 there were fifty partnerships between 44 U.S. states and 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Partnership committees are community based and composed entirely of volunteers who work with their counterparts -- North or South -- to assess resources and needs, and to jointly plan and carry out projects based on the principles of self-help and mutual benefit to both sides of the partnership. Partner program areas are agriculture and rural development, health education, rehabilitation and special education, the arts, journalism, and sports. Some partnerships also work in energy, business and trade, student exchange, disaster relief, and emergency preparedness.
In 1964 support for the Partners program came from only one major source, the U.S. Agency for International Development. During 1979, the Partners organization received grants from five government agencies, eight foundations and 26 corporations located in five countries throughout the Americas.
The Idaho Partners was incorporated September 26, 1964 by Gayle B. Allen, John S. Chapman, George Wilhelm, and Byron Johnson, all from Boise, and Boyd Martin from Moscow. The Idaho Partners failed to file the annual report with the secretary of State due in 1970, and their charter was forfeit on 1 December 1969. The charter was reinstated on 4 April 1979.
Idaho, one of the first three states to be involved, plus Kentucky and Washington, were all assigned to Ecuador. Washington later dropped its partnership with Ecuador, but Idaho and Kentucky continued to share it although a sense of unity was felt lacking. In 1983 it was deemed necessary to delineate the specific areas in Ecuador with which each state would work. This change in the organization's by-laws was formalized at a workshop in Ecuador on July 27, when Idaho was assigned the mountain region which included the cities of Guayaquil and Cuenca while Kentucky's assignment was Quito and Umbato. This new plan eliminated the necessity of Idaho's having to go through the organization in Quito for any Partners work. The partnership consists of a national committee of citizens in Ecuador and a nonprofit incorporated citizens group in Idaho. No government agencies are involved. Emphasis is placed upon creating a closer friendship and understanding between the people of Idaho and the people of Ecuador through projects designed to help the Ecuadorians develop themselves in economic, social and cultural areas. Through these programs, the Idaho Partners hope to aid in enabling the Ecuadorians to maintain a way of life which will provide for the full development of each individual.
The projects sponsored by the Idaho-Ecuador Partners are as diverse as the needs of the people. Projects have included the vaccination of all the children of Ecuador, the furnishing of supplies and equipment for hospitals, school buildings, trade schools, and water systems, high school student exchange programs, the exchange of basketball and track coaches, and with the assistance of Ballet Folk, the exchange of dance instructors. In addition, for many years, the Idaho Partners Association has annually brought Ecuadorian college students to Idaho for advanced training in the professions, especially in engineering, agriculture, and public and business administration, with the understanding that the students are to return to Ecuador to help the development of their own country.
The records of the Idaho Partners of the Americas span the years 1964 to 1993, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1964-1985.
The records include articles of incorporation, by-laws, and related records for both the national organization and the Idaho chapter, correspondence, financial and membership records, and a variety of published material including newsletters and travel brochures.
Records relating to the University of Idaho's earlier (1954-1958) academic exchange with the University of Guayaquil may be found in the Records of the College of Agriculture, UG 30.
The material in this manuscript group was in no discernible order when received, therefore a series order was imposed during processing. Some material was in labeled folders, and these folder headings were retained during processing.
The records of the Idaho Partners of the Americas were divided into four series. The first series, Corporate Records, 1965-1991, is subdivided into two sections. The first contains articles of incorporation, by-laws corporate annual reports, records of meetings of the board of directors, executive committee, and annual meetings of the Idaho Partners. The second sub-series contains similar records for the National Association of Partners of the Americas (NAPA). Material concerning the Annual Meetings during the 1970s includes handwritten annotations by Glen Lockery who attended those meetings as Idaho's representative.
The correspondence was originally filed in three different locations: in 4 loose leaf notebooks (1982-1986), a chronological file (1964-1992), and a subject file. These arrangements were retained during processing, with the contents of the notebooks being placed in folders and the various subject files being placed in alphabetical order. No attempt was made to remove duplicate material from these three sources. The subject files may include non-correspondence material relating to the subject, such as travel arrangements for visiting artists, newspaper clippings, small brochures, etc. Among the topics covered are the Artist in Residence Program, the visit of Ecuadorian weavers, a journalist exchange program, projects, seminars and workshops sponsored by NAPA, material relating to the Vandaleers tour of Ecuador in 1975, and correspondence and other material concerning the Ecuadorian exchange students at the University of Idaho.
The third series contains financial and membership records. Included are bank statements and paid checks, bookstore and university invoices for Partner sponsored exchange students, and a few financial statements. There are also membership and mailing lists, membership applications, and some financial and membership correspondence.
The final series contains a variety of publications. Among the most important are the national newsletter Partners, and the Idaho Partners Newsletter, unfortunately neither is complete. There are newsletters from other partners groups, travel and informational brochures about Ecuador and other Latin American countries, newspaper clippings and copies of 2 books by Jose Ullo Vernimmen who was in Idaho on a NAPA journalist exchange program in 1979. A final item in this series is a collection of programs from the Orquesta Sinfonica de Cuenca.
Duplicate material and material not directly related to the Partners organization were removed. These measures, plus the refoldering from legal to letter size folders of a majority of the material reduced the bulk of the collection by 4.5 cubic feet.
I. Corporate Records, 1964-1991 1 A. Idaho Partners, 1964-1991 B. National Association of Partners of the Americas, 1965-1991 II. Correspondence and Related Records, 1964-1992 1-4 III. Financial and Membership Records, 1964-1988 4-5 IV. Newsletters and Publications, 1964-1993 5-6
Box Folder Description Items
1 1 Articles of Incorporation and By-laws, 1964-1986 15 2 Assumed Name certificate, 1979 1 3 Certificate of Reinstatement, 1979 3 4 Corporate annual reports and annual licenses, 1979-1985 14 5 Meetings: Board of Directors, 1964-1989 71 6 Executive Committee, 1967-1988 35 7 General membership, 1965-1991 52 8-9 Annual plans, 1989 & 1991 29 10-13 Annual reports, 1988-1991 9 14 Tri-Annual report to national organization, 1979 6 15 Organization meeting: Ten Northern Idaho Counties, 1965 4
16-17 Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, 1966-1977 24 18 Board of Directors: Minutes, 1967-1986 14 19 Memos and nominations, 1967-1986 12 20 Executive Committee: Minutes, 1968-1986 16 21 Annual Conference: Second inter-American, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1966 23 22 Reports to Second Inter-American Conference, 1966 19 23 Annual Conference: Fourth, Salt Lake City, 1969 1 24 Annual meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Glen Lockery's material), 1975 21 25 Annual meeting, New Orleans (Glen Lockery's material), 1976 22 26 Annual meeting, Denver, Colorado (Glen Lockery's material) 1978 6 27 Annual meetings: Announcements, 1971-1987 25 28 Minutes and related material, 1966-1991 16 29-31 Directory of Partner Committee Officers, 1965-1986 29 32 Activities reports, 1975/76-1979 2 33-34 Annual reports, 1970/71-1983 7 35-36 Quarterly reports of activities, 1972-1986 22
37 Undated 5 38-39 1964-1967 194 2 40 1968-1969 70 41-44 1970-1979 295 45-48 1980-1985 237 49 1986-1992 30 50-53 Correspondence from notebooks, 1982-1985 370 54-55 1986 130 56 4-F, 1980-1981 6 57 25th Anniversary celebration, 1990 9 58 1985 Plan, 1980 10 59 Agency for International Development evaluation, 1980 4 60 Agricultura Camara de la I Zona Quito, 1980 1 61 Agricultural projects in Ecuador, 1982 11 62 Alliance for Progress Ecuador project, n.d. 1 63 Amex award, 1981-1982 6 64 Artist in Residence program, 1973-1978 23 65 Guayas Ballet project, 1977 14 66 Esperanza Cruz, 1977-1978 59 67 Reports to NAPA, 1973-1975 5 68 Bowdler, Ann. Community Leader exchange program, 1982-1983 7 69 CDDS Ecuador, 1979 2 70 Committees: Business Advisory, 1967 5 71 Inter-American Coordinating, 1966-1967 4 72 Student Exchange, 1980-1981 5 3 73 Community education, 1979-1982 11 74 Cultural exchange visits, 1977 5 75 Cultural programs, 1975-1981 33 76 Cultural resources survey, n.d. 2 77 Dance - Guayas, 1981 3 78 Development education report, 1987 1 79 Diaz, Rafael, visit to Idaho, 1977 21 80 Ecuador, Information on, 1971-1983 22 81 Ecuador crafts, 1985 3 82 Ecuadorian Fiber Folk Art Exhibit, September-October, 1981, 1980-1982 44 83 Financial reports, 1981-1982 16 84 Glen Lockery's notes, 1980-1981 20 85 Executive director, 1981 9 86 Emergency preparedness program, 1984-1986 15 87-88 FASINARM (Fundacion de Asistencia Sicopedagogica a los Ninos y Adolescentes Retardados Mentales), 1978-1979 37 89 Visit of Marcia Gilbert de Babra, 1978 13 90 Fellowship in International Development, 1981-1986 22 91 Folk arts and crafts meetings, 1973-1983 4 92 Grants: General information, 1980 2 93 Annual grant program: Idaho-Ecuador proposal, n.d. 1 94 International Training Grant Program, 1983 11 95-96 Kellogg Foundation grant in International Development, 1990 2 97-98 Small Grants Program, 1980-1992 45 99 Travel grants, general information, 1981-1985 12 100-102 Travel applications and reports, 1969-1986 38 103 Guenther, Harold R., 1980 24 104 Los Huayanay (Ecuador folk music group), 1980-1982 30 105 Idaho Committees (Glen Lockery's notes), n.d. 4 106 Idaho Commission on the Arts, Cultural grants, 1981-1982 14 107 Idaho Indian art exhibit in Ecuador, in cooperation with the Museum of Native American Culture, 1978-1982 79 108 International Communications Agency funding, 1981 10 109 Journalist exchange program, 1978-1986 17 110 Lockery, Glen, Talks to Hospital Auxiliary and Rotary Club, 1978, 1983 2 111 MEChA, 1980-1981 5 112 Memorandums from NAPA, 1970-1971 33 113 Music, Ecuadorian, n.d. 10 114 News releases, 1982 6 115 Ordonez, Marcelo, visit to Moscow, 1980 15 116 Partners program: General information, 1966-1982 24 117 Partnerships: Florida-Columbia, 3rd annual conference, 1968 1 118 Idaho-Cuenca, 1973-1983 33 119 Idaho-Guayas, 1978-1981 6 120 Idaho-Quito, 1977-1981 13 121 Other, 1966-1982 11 122 PATH (Partners Appropriate Technology for the Handicapped), 1980-1983 13 123 Partnership training materials, 1983 4 4 124 Peace Corps, 1980 1 125 Potato storage (PIP), 1976-1982 9 126 PREP (Partners Rehabilitation & Education Program), 1977-1980 9 127 Private voluntary organizations, 1980-1981 13 128 Project and profile report, 1964-1968 1 129 Project Resource Bulletins, 1982-1984 2 130 Projects, National, n.d. 3 131 Projects for Ecuador, 1966-1968 3 132 Projects: Idaho-Ecuador, 1964-1985 37 133 Vegetable marketing, 1980 4 134 Working boys center, Quito (Fr. Halligan, S.J.), 1981 4 135 Ribadeneira, Edmundo, visit to Moscow, 1980 25 136 Seminar: Development education, 1985 3 137 Seminar: La vida familiar y el desarrollo de microempresas, Lima, Peru, 1985 4 138 Sociedad Femenina de Cultura, Guayaquil, 1982-1983 7 139 Special education in Cuenca, 1980 4 140 Special education: Mary Tamm correspondence, 1980-1981 8 141 Sports and recreation, 1978-1982 31 142 Stationery, n.d. 7 143 Student exchange program, 1974-1982 31 144 Students: Almeida, Jose (1970-1972), 1972 4 145 Barragan, Jose Ricardo and Juanita, 1973-1981 24 146 Carrillo, Mariana (1967-1968), 1967-1982 36 147 Cazar, Luis Efrain and Suzanna, 1973-1974 22 148 Moran, Eduardo, 1972-1974 5 149 Oquendo, Ana Maria, Elsie Zabala, Andres Salvador (1968-1969), 1968-1974 19 150 Ospina, Pedro, 1972-1975 8 151 Proano, Edgar, 1974 3 152 Suarez, Stalin (1970-1972), 1972 5 153 Student work permits, 1974 2 154 Symposium announcements, 1986 1 155 Travel information from NAPA, 1981 16 156 Trips to Ecuador: Idaho Team, 1964 2 157-159 Glen Lockery, 1974-1980 50 160 Everett Samuelson, 1980 1 161 Glen Lockery, 1982 33 162 Glen Lockery and Maurice Johnson, 1983 7 163 Darlene Townsend, 1984 3 164 Tri-Annual review for federated membership in NAPA, 1979-1980 8 165 University Gallery, negatives, n.d. 9 166 Ulloa, Jose, visit to Moscow, 1979 30 167 Valdano, Juan, trip to Moscow, 1982 20 168 Vandaleers tour in Ecuador, 1975 15 169 Women in Development, 1981 6 170 Workshops: Development, 1981-1983 12 171 Far West Regional, 1971, 1974 19 172 Moscow, Idaho, July 20, 1983 48 173 Rural Development Training Program, 1984 11 174 Idaho Partners Statewide Workshop, 1988 1
175 Bank records, 1984-1987 2 176 Bank statements and paid checks, 1973-1982 94 177 Bills, Paid, 1972-1975 16 178 Bills, Unpaid, 1975 5 179 Bookstore and university invoices for Ecuadorian students, 1968-1976 16 180 Ecuadorian weavers account, 1981-1982 4 181 Financial correspondence, 1972-1980 43 182 Financial reports, 1971-1972, 1979-1980 8 183 Financial statements, National, 1978-1984 5 184 Miscellaneous financial, 1979 3 185 Post Office receipts, 1979-1981 6 186 Taxes and IRS correspondence, 1968-1979 25 187 Travel vouchers, Boyd Martin, 1964-1969 37 188 Treasurer's accounts, 1979-1980 5 189 Dues paid to NAPA, 1979-1986 10 190 Contributions list, 1973-1974 1 191 Mailing and contribution list, 1964-1983 10 192 Mailing lists, 1970-1983 28 193 Membership and financial correspondence, 1972-1980 58 194 Membership forms, n.d. 6 195 Membership applications, n.d. 45 196 Membership lists, 1987-1988 2 5 197 Membership card file, n.d. 1
198 Amigos de las Americas, n.d. 2 199 La Carta (Amigos de las Americas), 1975-1976 2 200 Los Companeros, 1966 3 201 Companeros de las Americas, 1983-1984 3 202 Companeros Educacion y Comunidad, 1984 1 203 International Educational and Cultural Exchange, 1975 3 204 Partnergram, 1971-1975 29 205 Partners Notes, 1968 4 206-210 Partners, v.1-v.19, 1967-1987 67 211 Partners, special issues, 1980-1984 2 212 Idaho Partners newsletter, 1964-1974; 1988-1992 21 213-214 Newsletters from other states, 1968-1990 50 215 Agency for International Development. Population Program Assistance, 1972 1 216-217 Alliance for Progress and related agencies, 1951-1986 19 218 Partners brochures and publications, 1971-1993 14 219 Peace Corps, 1967 3 220 Publications about Ecuador, 1964-1979 9 6 221 Publications about Ecuador, 1964-1987 5 222 Publications about other Latin American countries, 1965-1976 5 223 Cuenca, ciudad destino y paisaje, 1970 1 224 Ullo Vernimmen, Jose, Books by, 1982-1989 3 225 Other publications, 1974-1988 3 226-227 Inter-American Statistical Institute. Monthly list of publications received, 1967-1974 50 228 Clippings, 1965-1984 19 229 Clippings, National, 1965-1967 18 230 Clippings, State, 1965-1970 18 231 Publications and miscellaneous material, 1966-1969 19 232 Programs for orchestral concerts and other musical events, 1972-1983 13
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